THE MEANING OF SOME GRAVESTONE ENGRAVINGS
| Anchor/Ships | Hope or a Mariner |
| Arches | Victory in Death |
| Arrows | Mortality |
| Bird | Eternal Life |
| Bird flying | Resurrection |
| Book open | Teacher |
| Bible open | Minister |
| Bouquets flowers | Condolences, grief, sorrow |
| Broken column | Loss of Head of family |
| Broken ring | Family Circle severed |
| Bugles | Resurrection,or Military |
| Butterfly | Short lived, Early death |
| Candle being snuffed | Time, Mortality |
| Cherub | Angelic |
| Corn | Ripe old age |
| Cross | Emblem of faith |
| Crossed swords | High ranking military person |
| Darts or Coffin | Father time/ Mortality |
| Dove | Innocence, Gentleness, Affection, Purity |
| Father time | Mortality or The grim reaper |
| Flowers | Grief/ Brevity of early existence/ sorrow/ condolence |
| Flying birds | Flight of the soul |
| Fruit | Eternal plenty |
| Garlands | Victory in death |
| Hand of God chopping | Sudden death |
| Hands shaking | Farewell to life on Earth |
| Harp | Praise to the Maker |
| Hearts | Soul in bliss or love of Christ |
| Horns | The Resurrection |
| Hourglass | Swiftness of time |
| Hourglass with wings | Time flying, short life |
| Imps | Mortality |
| Ivy | Friendship and Immortality |
| Lamb | Innocence |
| Laurel | Fame or Victory |
| Lily or lily of Valley | Emblem of Innocence and purity |
| Morning glory | Beginning of life |
| Oak leaves & acorn | Maturity/ ripe old age |
| Open book or Bible | Deceased teacher/ minister, etc. |
| Palm branches | Signifies victory and rejoicing |
| Picks & Shovels | Mortality |
| Poppy | Sleep |
| Portals | Passageway to eternal life |
| Rings broken | family circle severed |
| Rose bud | Morning of life, renewal of life |
| Rose fully opened | Prime of life |
| Roses | Brevity of earthly life |
| Sheaf of wheat | Divine harvest time |
| Shells | Pilgrimage of life |
| Stars & stripes on eagle | Eternal vigilance/ liberty |
| Suns | The resurrection |
| Thistles | Rememberance |
| Tombs | Mortality |
| Torch Inverted | Life extinct |
| Tree Stump with ivy | Head of family/ Immortality |
| Trees | Life |
| Trumpeters | Heralds of the resurrection |
| Urn with Blaze | Undying friendship |
| Urn with wreath/crepe | Mourning |
| Weeping willow | Emblem of sorrow |
| Wheat sheaf | Ripe for harvest, divine harvest, time |
| Willows | Earthly sorrow |
| Winged Effigies | Flight of the soul |
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